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  1. Explore Peer Leaders
    Student Story

    Explore Peer Leader Alexis Gallotto '23 Guides First Year Students Through Time Management, Homesickness, and Public Transportation

    What is the Explore course? The Simmons Course is a part of the PLAN core curriculum. First year students take Simmons: Explore, which is an introduction to college life, study strategies, and on campus resources. Each year, the courses build...

  2. Top: Justine Paragas '26, Solmi Grace Kwak '26. Bottom: Aislinn Grace Doherty '26, and Marzieh Darling-Donnelly '26
    Student Story

    Simmons Welcomes Bonner Community Leaders Inaugural Cohort

    The Bonner Community Leaders Program supports Simmons students who are passionate about service, community engagement, social justice, and responsible citizenship. This fall, Simmons announced the inaugural cohort of nine Bonner Leaders. We spoke with four of them, Justine Paragas '26...

  3. Student using Computer
    Student Story

    Why Miladys Perez ’23 Chose CompleteDegree@Simmons for Computer Science

    We spoke to CompleteDegree student Miladys Perez about why she chose the Simmons online program for her second bachelor's degree, and what her experience has been so far.

  4. Molly Foye ’23MS poses with sheep outdoors at a farm
    Student Story

    Molly Foye ’23MS Shares Her Passion for Material Culture and Archives

    SLIS graduate student Molly Foye developed an interest in material culture during her undergraduate education. Currently, Foye holds a position on a farm in New Hampshire that enables her to expand the possibilities of archival work and librarianship. Why did...

  5. Taylor Lacroix ’23 MSW
    Student Story

    Taylor Lacroix '23 MSW Makes a Difference in Vulnerable Communities

    Taylor Lacroix is currently pursuing a Master's of Social Work at Simmons. Here she shares her experience with advocating for the homeless, the incarcerated, and those with behavioral health challenges. Tell me about the kind of work that you do...

  6. Abrielle Cunningham
    Student Story

    Abrielle Cunningham ‘23 Discusses Her Internship and Employment Experience at Wall Street Journal

    During the summer before her junior year as a Communications and Media Studies major at Simmons, Abrielle Cunningham '23 interned for The Wall Street Journal through the Dow Jones Internship Program. Since January 2022, she has been working part-time as...

  7. Anisha Srivastava ’23
    Student Story

    CompleteDegree student Anisha Srivastava ’23 on Finding Space and Time for STEM

    CompleteDegree student Anisha Srivastava '23 describes what it took to leap into her second bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and the support she's received from Simmons professors.

  8. Sarah Shepherd '23MAMS
    Student Story

    Sarah Shepherd ’23MAMS Receives Ham Scholarship from the Society of American Archivists

    The F. Gerald Ham and Elsie Ham Scholarship Fund was established by F. Gerald Ham, past president of the Society of American Archivists (SAA), and his wife, Elsie Ham, in 1998. The fund, endowed in 2008, provides financial support to...

  9. Karla Alba ’23, Inaugural Jennifer Eckert Leadership Fellow
    Student Story

    Karla Alba ’23, Inaugural Jennifer Eckert Leadership Fellow for DEI, Knows the Importance of Difficult Conversations

    Jennifer Eckert '08MSW, a member of the Simmons University Board of Trustees, provided a generous donation to support the mission of Simmons University to become a beacon of leadership in the world of higher education. A portion of these funds...

  10. Kimberly Mayes, LCSW '23DSW
    Student Story

    Kimberly Mayes, LCSW ’23DSW Combines Social Work and Psychotherapy to Support BIPOC Community

    As a psychotherapist, social worker, and business owner, Kimberly Mayes, LCSW '23DSW holistically supports her clients in all aspects of her career. "Because I have first-hand knowledge of the impacts of social injustices within the [BIPOC] community," says Mayes, "I'm...